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Originally Posted by Brad Pringle
I have seen many 7042270 and 7042273 carbs that were done by Carter that were orginal but those stamping would not be correct for the carter carb in that era. From what i remember Rochester had a fire or someother natural disaster and Carter was outsource to supply carbs in 72.
Here is a pic of a 7042273 carb that i owned not long ago.
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thanks for chiming in!
I have never heard this!!
@ Dean;
I hope to not be upsetting you with my posts;
I can picture myself being in your shoes, so please understand I am meaning well.
the latter bleeder screws, and plugged throttle body front vent(?) could be explained away;
I may be wrong, but it also looks like the rear vacuum feed has the wrong thread tapped... which again could be explained away;
But, all of these points are worth noting as red flags.
What cannot be explained away is this:
It looks quite clear to me that the divisional identifier has been ground off from this spot in an attempt to make this throttle body appear more correct.
I must take pause to stress what Brad pointed out, Carter manufactured carbs were not stamped in the same manner as Rochester manufactured carbs, so his point is as I see it, is an air tight fact that aside from anything I have said, more or less determines the potential of authenticity.
If the carb is set up properly, odds are that it would still be a great fill in for a missing RA carb.